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Best Communication Equipment Stocks to Buy Now (2026)
Top communication equipment stocks in 2026 ranked by overall Zen Rating. "A" Rated stocks have returned an average of +28.50% per year, and are the best communication equipment stocks to buy now. Learn More.

Industry: Communication Equipment

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Communication Equipment is Zen Rated B and is the 37th ranked industry out of 145 stock market industries

Ticker	Company	Price	1d %	1w %	1m %	3m %	6m %	1y %	3y %	5y %	10y %	52-week High	52-week Low	% off 52-week High	% off 52-week Low	Beta	Volume	Vol 1d %
EXTR	EXTREME NETWORKS INC	$22.81	2.33%	-4.36%	-2.23%	-23.92%	-0.13%	21.46%	35.77%	91.36%	432.94%	$33.73	$13.48	32.37%	69.28%	1.42	2,030,000	23.40%
HPE	HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE CO	$53.10	3.73%	-12.72%	-22.32%	5.69%	84.95%	116.73%	233.33%	247.51%	143.58%	$73.56	$19.84	27.81%	167.64%	1.34	13,878,000	-15.53%
DGII	DIGI INTERNATIONAL INC	$72.03	0.29%	-8.65%	-3.39%	2.32%	26.55%	99.25%	186.06%	211.41%	646.42%	$86.84	$34.41	17.05%	109.33%	1.27	436,000	24.57%
AUDC	AUDIOCODES LTD	$10.35	-2.73%	-11.54%	-4.17%	5.61%	2.07%	17.21%	4.33%	-71.44%	93.82%	$11.74	$6.95	11.84%	48.92%	1.08	181,000	66.06%
OCC	OPTICAL CABLE CORP	$11.97	3.28%	-3.78%	-29.55%	-16.59%	10.22%	39.19%	355.13%	200.75%	305.76%	$27.98	$4.02	57.22%	197.76%	0.81	74,500	-56.94%
ITRN	ITURAN LOCATION & CONTROL LTD	$52.79	1.11%	0.17%	0.55%	-5.50%	-9.62%	35.71%	108.41%	97.86%	99.58%	$68.30	$35.22	22.71%	49.89%	0.70	108,000	8.00%
HLIT	HARMONIC INC	$10.19	0.00%	-3.64%	-9.18%	-13.64%	-13.64%	-4.50%	-6.26%	-4.14%	107.96%	$17.68	$8.47	42.36%	20.38%	1.15	3,871,000	124.67%
ZBRA	ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORP	$329.50	-8.76%	-13.67%	-12.29%	12.98%	47.28%	21.78%	53.76%	-43.04%	414.20%	$392.78	$199.05	16.11%	65.54%	1.56	2,063,000	104.26%
CRNT	CERAGON NETWORKS LTD	$2.03	1.00%	-8.14%	-5.14%	-7.73%	-19.76%	-20.08%	10.93%	-37.92%	-9.78%	$3.29	$1.85	38.30%	9.73%	1.17	130,000	-21.21%
KN	KNOWLES CORP	$34.00	3.44%	-0.29%	-13.71%	-9.28%	6.48%	43.70%	111.97%	61.21%	139.94%	$42.93	$20.57	20.80%	65.29%	1.17	721,000	-23.70%
VIAV	VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC	$30.05	8.09%	-9.76%	-35.94%	-20.40%	-42.75%	71.32%	261.61%	82.12%	315.06%	$60.43	$15.51	50.27%	93.81%	1.15	7,971,000	32.94%
PI	IMPINJ INC	$184.46	-0.87%	5.52%	-0.39%	14.26%	28.83%	-1.71%	168.42%	128.63%	629.09%	$215.25	$87.36	14.30%	111.15%	1.84	482,000	-5.86%
LTRX	LANTRONIX INC	$5.86	1.21%	-6.09%	-17.81%	3.53%	-13.06%	19.11%	30.51%	-37.79%	298.64%	$8.75	$4.40	33.03%	33.18%	1.52	399,000	-26.52%
CSCO	CISCO SYSTEMS INC	$102.97	1.34%	-7.55%	-8.73%	-11.13%	11.16%	38.31%	94.25%	78.61%	239.61%	$130.37	$70.54	21.01%	45.97%	0.85	20,143,000	-22.56%
CIEN	CIENA CORP	$300.08	5.54%	-14.54%	-23.00%	-23.21%	-44.28%	58.30%	583.55%	398.47%	1,457.24%	$637.51	$168.22	52.93%	78.39%	1.55	3,181,000	-26.97%
ERIC	ERICSSON LM TELEPHONE CO	$10.89	-1.71%	-1.71%	18.11%	8.04%	-6.36%	6.04%	133.19%	-0.91%	123.61%	$13.77	$9.04	20.92%	20.46%	0.88	9,024,000	0.09%
AVNW	AVIAT NETWORKS INC	$20.12	1.67%	-1.66%	-2.04%	-1.61%	-11.13%	-17.71%	-34.05%	-35.03%	366.82%	$27.02	$13.92	25.54%	44.54%	1.07	114,000	0.00%
FEIM	FREQUENCY ELECTRONICS INC	$66.59	1.23%	-5.84%	-22.08%	10.43%	25.78%	86.53%	781.99%	563.25%	632.56%	$89.76	$26.05	25.81%	155.62%	0.83	155,000	0.65%
BKTI	BK TECHNOLOGIES CORP	$68.72	0.81%	-3.52%	-9.51%	-14.27%	-26.57%	-7.14%	401.61%	356.61%	174.88%	$104.55	$60.00	34.27%	14.53%	1.05	38,000	3.83%
BDC	BELDEN INC	$107.32	-0.11%	-0.15%	-3.62%	-12.56%	-4.16%	-8.69%	65.01%	66.23%	77.65%	$159.89	$96.06	32.88%	11.72%	1.28	740,000	39.10%
AIRG	AIRGAIN INC	$4.21	2.18%	2.43%	0.24%	-26.01%	-41.04%	-0.24%	34.08%	-64.02%	-64.08%	$7.66	$3.00	45.02%	40.33%	0.80	27,100	-2.87%
MSI	MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS INC	$491.00	0.76%	1.53%	7.82%	12.31%	12.21%	25.42%	63.98%	94.32%	588.74%	$499.00	$359.36	1.60%	36.63%	0.70	1,479,000	69.22%
CLFD	CLEARFIELD INC	$32.60	2.47%	6.40%	-1.69%	1.53%	11.00%	-6.21%	25.87%	-45.57%	100.62%	$52.73	$23.76	38.18%	37.21%	1.59	128,000	11.30%
LITE	LUMENTUM HOLDINGS INC	$680.16	-0.62%	-21.48%	-37.70%	-12.79%	-30.32%	240.80%	1,490.65%	683.50%	1,818.65%	$1.14k	$213.00	40.49%	219.32%	1.81	7,075,000	-53.89%
UI	UBIQUITI INC	$545.42	0.99%	-9.03%	-10.48%	-0.59%	-45.68%	-29.55%	412.85%	66.31%	953.75%	$1.10k	$500.23	50.41%	9.03%	1.31	86,000	-12.24%
ADTN	ADTRAN HOLDINGS INC	$5.06	-19.43%	-26.45%	-29.23%	-42.89%	-72.41%	-51.49%	-30.59%	-75.04%	-72.04%	$19.98	$5.03	74.67%	0.70%	1.30	4,390,000	133.88%
SILC	SILICOM LTD	$31.88	2.77%	-24.10%	-47.88%	-22.64%	-23.07%	94.04%	107.69%	-30.30%	-10.12%	$63.00	$13.34	49.40%	138.91%	1.01	112,000	-61.11%
CRDO	CREDO TECHNOLOGY GROUP HOLDING LTD	$150.91	7.78%	-9.87%	-28.98%	-30.89%	-16.19%	-16.46%	916.23%	N/A	N/A	$308.67	$86.49	51.11%	74.49%	2.18	6,032,000	-28.71%
NOK	NOKIA CORP	$8.48	2.17%	-4.61%	-16.86%	-9.40%	-35.46%	18.60%	145.09%	46.97%	93.17%	$17.45	$5.86	51.40%	44.71%	1.04	53,714,000	-11.18%
GILT	GILAT SATELLITE NETWORKS LTD	$7.37	-0.54%	-6.94%	-21.60%	-37.01%	-59.81%	-48.43%	14.26%	-13.90%	67.88%	$20.93	$7.23	64.78%	1.92%	1.11	1,404,000	13.68%
NTGR	NETGEAR INC	$21.82	-2.06%	-6.75%	-4.88%	-9.65%	-11.70%	-31.06%	69.81%	-27.53%	-56.36%	$30.46	$19.00	28.37%	14.84%	1.12	373,000	37.64%
VISN	VISTANCE NETWORKS INC	$6.51	0.00%	-0.76%	5.00%	-45.98%	-47.33%	-59.64%	299.39%	-43.64%	-79.60%	$20.55	$5.76	68.32%	13.00%	2.01	6,008,000	46.89%
AAOI	APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS INC	$63.97	2.35%	-16.87%	-47.38%	-41.96%	-63.02%	93.61%	575.50%	664.28%	206.81%	$233.67	$18.50	72.62%	245.78%	2.57	10,909,000	-27.56%
CMTL	COMTECH TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP	$1.23	-0.81%	-8.89%	-1.60%	-25.90%	-66.30%	-59.54%	-90.30%	-95.35%	-87.17%	$6.21	$1.14	80.19%	7.89%	1.36	71,000	-29.00%
AIOT	POWERFLEET INC	$2.76	-6.12%	2.60%	-2.13%	-32.35%	-15.85%	-45.67%	53.33%	-61.56%	-44.91%	$5.88	$2.29	53.06%	20.79%	1.31	1,165,000	-55.30%
VSAT	VIASAT INC	$75.24	1.52%	7.03%	7.81%	-7.44%	17.89%	95.94%	280.00%	15.83%	9.62%	$93.03	$29.13	19.12%	158.29%	1.65	2,065,000	18.27%
CLRO	CLEARONE INC	$5.55	-1.77%	11.22%	40.86%	32.46%	69.72%	1.83%	-44.61%	-75.66%	-96.57%	$16.50	$1.62	66.36%	242.59%	0.42	972,000	-97.51%
INSG	INSEEGO CORP	$4.53	0.00%	-8.67%	-1.95%	-38.53%	-76.89%	-72.23%	23.77%	-93.62%	-81.66%	$21.90	$3.58	79.32%	26.54%	1.91	164,000	-25.45%
MOB	MOBILICOM LTD	$2.99	-2.92%	-9.12%	-25.62%	-41.94%	-55.90%	-58.76%	109.09%	N/A	N/A	$9.78	$2.77	69.43%	7.94%	1.50	68,000	28.30%
TSAT	TELESAT CORP	$40.30	7.90%	-14.11%	-12.71%	0.30%	-17.11%	35.60%	238.66%	N/A	N/A	$61.54	$23.01	34.51%	75.14%	1.46	99,000	-85.78%
AMPG	AMPLITECH GROUP INC	$2.52	0.80%	-9.35%	-15.15%	-47.28%	14.55%	-22.22%	43.18%	-47.61%	N/A	$10.11	$1.64	75.07%	53.66%	1.46	266,000	-39.55%
ASTS	AST SPACEMOBILE INC	$37.15	2.26%	-11.46%	-36.43%	-41.51%	-45.71%	-47.78%	797.34%	208.04%	N/A	$133.86	$36.08	72.25%	2.97%	2.16	9,209,000	-48.18%
ONDS	ONDAS INC	$5.79	0.70%	-12.93%	-21.97%	-30.82%	-40.49%	-5.85%	962.39%	-36.16%	N/A	$15.28	$4.95	62.11%	16.97%	2.18	33,956,000	-9.75%
CHAI	CORE AI HOLDINGS INC	$0.19	-2.60%	6.25%	-34.15%	-49.73%	-86.64%	-95.22%	-99.99%	-100.00%	N/A	$4.05	$0.17	95.38%	10.00%	0.90	222,000	-53.07%
BOXL	BOXLIGHT CORP	$2.41	8.07%	-9.06%	-47.72%	-23.25%	-62.11%	-95.18%	-99.21%	-99.93%	N/A	$51.12	$2.12	95.29%	13.68%	1.21	35,000	105.88%
FIEE	FIEE INC	$2.81	4.07%	-9.35%	-23.85%	-2.09%	-59.51%	13.77%	234.52%	-93.35%	-95.91%	$10.59	$1.50	73.47%	87.33%	0.69	4,800	92.00%
SONM	DNA X INC	$2.52	-6.67%	-14.86%	-37.39%	-34.55%	-48.36%	-78.01%	-98.03%	-99.37%	N/A	$11.90	$2.52	78.82%	0.00%	1.13	12,800	113.33%
SYNX	SILYNXCOM LTD	$0.96	-3.60%	31.87%	11.45%	-6.41%	-24.69%	-40.12%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$1.95	$0.65	50.56%	48.31%	0.12	22,000	-65.63%
UTSI	UTSTARCOM HOLDINGS CORP	$2.14	-2.55%	-5.13%	-8.38%	-13.37%	-11.04%	-9.54%	-37.86%	-56.77%	-72.93%	$3.63	$2.00	40.94%	7.20%	0.25	10,500	1.94%
MITQ	MOVING IMAGE TECHNOLOGIES INC	$0.50	-2.53%	-4.21%	-9.58%	-7.24%	-15.68%	-46.81%	-32.43%	-82.08%	N/A	$0.92	$0.42	45.59%	19.05%	0.90	15,500	131.34%
FKWL	FRANKLIN WIRELESS CORP	$2.15	-3.80%	-0.92%	-6.93%	-6.52%	-40.61%	-58.17%	-25.86%	-59.20%	-9.66%	$5.19	$2.14	58.57%	0.70%	0.27	59,000	4,114.29%
NUR	NURAN WIRELESS INC	$0.56	-5.25%	-18.99%	-32.57%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$7.72	$0.53	92.76%	5.47%	1.90	231,000	-25.96%
BOSC	BOS BETTER ONLINE SOLUTIONS LTD	$4.30	2.14%	-0.69%	-7.33%	-4.66%	-8.12%	-34.85%	65.38%	26.47%	106.73%	$6.63	$3.80	35.14%	13.16%	0.46	41,700	-37.76%

Communication Equipment Stocks FAQ

What are the best communication equipment stocks to buy right now in Nov 2026?

According to Zen Ratings, our proprietary rating system that evaluates 115 factors proven to drive growth in stocks and assigns each stock in our system an overall letter grade as well as 7 individual Component Grades for Value, Growth, Momentum, Sentiment, Safety, Financials, and proprietary AI algorithms, the 3 best communication equipment stocks to buy right now are:

1. Extreme Networks (NASDAQ:EXTR)

Extreme Networks (NASDAQ:EXTR) is the #1 top communication equipment stock out of 53 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +28.5% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Extreme Networks (NASDAQ:EXTR) is: Value: B, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: A, Safety: C, Financials: A, and AI: C.

Extreme Networks (NASDAQ:EXTR) has a Due Diligence Score of 45, which is 12 points higher than the communication equipment industry average of 33.

EXTR passed 15 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Extreme Networks has seen its stock return 21.46% over the past year, overperforming other communication equipment stocks by 3 percentage points.

Extreme Networks has an average 1 year price target of $34.80, an upside of 52.56% from Extreme Networks's current stock price of $22.81.

Extreme Networks stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 5 analysts covering Extreme Networks, 80% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 20% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

2. Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co (NYSE:HPE)

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co (NYSE:HPE) is the #2 top communication equipment stock out of 53 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +28.5% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co (NYSE:HPE) is: Value: B, Growth: A, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: B.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co (NYSE:HPE) has a Due Diligence Score of 57, which is 24 points higher than the communication equipment industry average of 33.

HPE passed 21 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co has seen its stock return 116.73% over the past year, overperforming other communication equipment stocks by 98 percentage points.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co has an average 1 year price target of $70.90, an upside of 33.51% from Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co's current stock price of $53.10.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 19 analysts covering Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co, 47.37% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 10.53% have issued a Buy, 42.11% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

3. Digi International (NASDAQ:DGII)

Digi International (NASDAQ:DGII) is the #3 top communication equipment stock out of 53 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +28.5% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Digi International (NASDAQ:DGII) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: B, Sentiment: B, Safety: B, Financials: B, and AI: B.

Digi International (NASDAQ:DGII) has a Due Diligence Score of 44, which is 11 points higher than the communication equipment industry average of 33.

DGII passed 15 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Digi International has seen its stock return 99.25% over the past year, overperforming other communication equipment stocks by 81 percentage points.

Digi International has an average 1 year price target of $82.33, an upside of 14.3% from Digi International's current stock price of $72.03.

Digi International stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 3 analysts covering Digi International, 66.67% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 33.33% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

What are the communication equipment stocks with highest dividends?

Out of 11 communication equipment stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 communication equipment stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

1. Vistance Networks (NASDAQ:VISN)

Vistance Networks (NASDAQ:VISN) has an annual dividend yield of 76.8%, which is 68 percentage points higher than the communication equipment industry average of 8.81%.

Vistance Networks's dividend payout ratio of 62.1% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

2. Ituran Location & Control (NASDAQ:ITRN)

Ituran Location & Control (NASDAQ:ITRN) has an annual dividend yield of 5.68%, which is -3 percentage points lower than the communication equipment industry average of 8.81%. Ituran Location & Control's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% three times in the last 10 years. Ituran Location & Control's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Ituran Location & Control's dividend payout ratio of 92.6% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

3. Audiocodes (NASDAQ:AUDC)

Audiocodes (NASDAQ:AUDC) has an annual dividend yield of 3.86%, which is -5 percentage points lower than the communication equipment industry average of 8.81%. Audiocodes's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% one times in the last 10 years. Audiocodes's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Audiocodes's dividend payout ratio of 153.8% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Why are communication equipment stocks up?

Communication equipment stocks were up 0.37% in the last day, and down -9.97% over the last week. Credo Technology Group Holding was the among the top gainers in the communication equipment industry, gaining 7.78% yesterday.

Shares of semiconductor and chip stocks are trading higher as the industry reverses a recent selloff. The sector's strength may reflect a drop in oil prices as investors await the U.S. midterm election results.

What are the most undervalued communication equipment stocks?

Based on the Valuation rating, one of the 7 components of a stocks overall Zen Ratings grade, which evaluates factors including estimated earnings yield, earnings before interest and taxes/enterprise value, cash flow yield, free cash flow to price, and price-to-earnings growth (PEG ratio), the 3 most undervalued communication equipment stocks right now are:

1. Aviat Networks (NASDAQ:AVNW)

Aviat Networks (NASDAQ:AVNW) is the most undervalued communication equipment stock based on its Valuation Rating of B. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Aviat Networks has a valuation score of 57, which is 34 points higher than the communication equipment industry average of 23. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Aviat Networks's stock has dropped -17.71% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the communication equipment industry by -36 percentage points.

2. Audiocodes (NASDAQ:AUDC)

Audiocodes (NASDAQ:AUDC) is the second most undervalued communication equipment stock based on its Valuation Rating of B. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Audiocodes has a valuation score of 43, which is 20 points higher than the communication equipment industry average of 23. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Audiocodes's stock has gained 17.21% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the communication equipment industry by -1 percentage points.

3. Belden (NYSE:BDC)

Belden (NYSE:BDC) is the third most undervalued communication equipment stock based on its Valuation Rating of B. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Belden has a valuation score of 43, which is 20 points higher than the communication equipment industry average of 23. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Belden's stock has dropped -8.69% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the communication equipment industry by -27 percentage points.

Are communication equipment stocks a good buy now?

56.25% of communication equipment stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect communication equipment stocks to rise by 43.33% over the next year.

16.28% of communication equipment stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 25.58% of communication equipment stocks are rated B (Buy), 37.21% are rated C (Hold), 13.95% are rated D (Sell), and 6.98% are rated F (Strong Sell).

What is the average p/e ratio of the communication equipment industry?

The average P/E ratio of the communication equipment industry is 18.97x.

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